CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 8 February)—More than three dozen Special Forces soldiers earlier detained for more than 25 hours in Lanao del Sur by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) were …
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY —More than three dozen Special Forces soldiers earlier detained for more than 25 hours in Lanao del Sur by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front were released late Wednesday afternoon.
The MILF earlier “put on hold” the soldiers after they strayed close to the MILF’s 103rd Base Command in Barangay Dilimbayan, also in Maguing town, around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. “The soldiers are also safe and have gone back to their headquarters. We used the peace mechanisms to effect their release,” Anayron explained.
But more than 20 years ago, the government and the MILF already have agreements that resulted in the creation of the GPH-MILF Coordinating Committees on the Cessation of Hostilities and the Ad Hoc Joint Action Group , bodies that facilitate coordination to avoid misencounter between government troops and MILF forces.
“In this regard, we would like to seek your recommendation with regard to the proper handling of the said 39 soldiers in reference to existing ceasefire protocols,” Malang said in his note to Gubat.
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